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Thanks. It certainly is expensive, I think components will come down in cost as more EV's get scrapped / written off. I'm still researching but I haven't been put off yet.

Its £6400, its says lower down the page..

Have you seen this? Might be suitable for a Freelander if you're going electric. Put One either end and thats 214Hp! https://webshop.swindonpowertrain.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=261

Perhaps a dump oil button? So you can decide whose drive way you spoil. Regarding the motors I think I'd mount them where the transfer box is and keep the prop shafts. they'd be out of the way there, less likely to get damaged by rocks and things. I'd make up a carrier for the two motors that...

If you go with a single motor they yes you're going to need a T Box/ diff of some kind.

One motor drives the rear axle and the other drives the front. Theres no physical connection between the two. Like driving in diff lock but without the wind up.

Thats one of the reasons I'd like to ditch the T Box. thats a few KG saved there, by the time you've ditched the fuel tank, engine and both boxes you've gained a fair bit of available battery weight. The motors only weigh 30KG or so.

Well this is my 3rd 110, the first I rebuilt from scratch and fitted a brand new engine to. The second was a new 08 2.4 which did 190K miles before we sold it, and the current 2.2 which has done 145k. Since they don't make them any more I have decided to keep the current one, possibly for ever...

Not for me! This isn't about the environment. its about a superior product. I could get the same performance sticking a massive V8 in instead, I just like the idea of electric, plus when the motors spin up they whistle like a turbo and it sounds cool! Maybe not as cool as a massive V8 but...

Battery life and motor life seem to be long enough that an EV should do over 200k miles without too much loss of performance. Batteries should still be around 80% by that point. They need to be looked after though. Just like a regular engine I guess. Theres a helluva lot less to wear out on an...

Already done that maths! Ive used about £30K of diesel to do 140K miles. So 15k will go quite a long way. My experience with the Tesla is that the WLTP range figure is pretty accurate, and I don't drive slow either. The WLTP is supposed to be an industry standard so all manufacturers should be...

I noticed that too. If it was a genuine 160 miles that would be enough for me. I think that the drag of the T Box doesn't help that design. Theres some more efficiency to be had removing it. I suspect most defender owners rarely do more than 150 miles a day?

This is one of the conversions available. They do offer a 90, not sure where the batteries go. https://www.plower.nl/electric-defender

A few weeks ago I would have agreed with most of that, but when you actually look into it EV's are the future. Like it or not. There will still be diesel HGV's, tractors and plant but I think surprisingly quickly we'll all be driving electric cars. Regarding the gear ratios I don't know the...

It’s the same rating as a cooker circuit.

A simple 3 pin plug home charger pulls 10A but that's only charging at about 10Mph! The dedicated home chargers run on a 32A circuit, thats what you'd need. You'd probably want at least a 75KWh battery so thats 75KWh to fully charge it at £10-12p per KWh

I think my defender has a body control module. I'm not certain though. I don't think leccy prices will get close to fuel. Plus you can make your own leccy. I have been looking at getting a solar array setup on one of my sheds and possibly a battery storage system. That way you can fill up with...

So I recently bought a Tesla and pretty much instantly realised that fossil fuels are dead, I'm not really the techy geeky type who likes that kind of thing but I have to say I am so impressed. I immediately stated googling Defender EV Conversions and found reference to a few. My 110 has done...

Hi Folks, I have a 110 at the moment which is a double cab work horse, I had two others before that. The first was an ex RAF 110V8 that I converted to diesel using a 2.8 Power Stroke TDI that was available at the time. Recently I had an epiphany. I bought a Tesla, mainly because it was a tax...